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Fun
Soccer Games for 5 to 8 Year Olds was created in line with guidelines
adopted by the English Football Association and United States Youth Soccer.
Using Fun
Soccer Games for 5 to 8 Year Olds you will:
Teach basic soccer skills
Promote teamwork
Encourage creativity
Ensure your kids have fun learning to play soccer
The
author, Keith Boanas, is a Coach Educator for the English Football Association.
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Marking
game
a soccer coaching drill designed to
reinforce good marking techniques and the role of the sweeper.
Duration: 15 mins
Grid Size:60x40
Procedure
The teams play in an area approximately 60X40 yards, with the condition
that each player in each team is responsible for marking and tackling his
own particular opponent. If any player marks or tackles somebody other
than the man he is delegated to watch, then a free-kick will be awarded
against him. Each team has a 'free-man' or 'sweeper' who is restricted to
playing in his own half of the field and to two- or one-touch soccer. He
can also cover his team-mates and intercept or tackle in his own half any
attackers who have broken free from their markers.
Development
(a) Restrict the sweeper to one-touch play only. (b) Allow the sweeper to
'break' over the half-way line and into the opponents' half: the
man-markers can leave their own opponents to challenge him if they feel it
necessary.